Test Server Findings

[Phraust]

Anyone with a test server account willing to post what the new chat window settings do? (Pics appreciated)

[Kaisha]

Could just read the official forum posts - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...122#post231122

[Byrthnoth]

Err.. they do what SE showed. They increased the number of chat lines that can be displayed from (10?) to 20 for people with higher resolutions.

They also (added?) a minimum number of lines displayed, but that's going to be kind of worthless until they decrease the minimum resize time. At the moment the resize time scale goes between about 3 and 30 seconds, which means that you're always at max window size if you're fighting one monster (you generate more than 1 line of text every 3 seconds just by autoattacking generally). They need to make .5/1/2 second settings before we'll be able to actually use the automatic resizing and minimum log size in a way that matters.

[Kaisha]

They always had minimum lines displayed, except they changed it from numbers (0-8 iirc) to a slider bar also.

[Byrthnoth]

Okay.

Also, the Magian Trial thing on the test server appears to have had all the trial numbers shifted. I tried to access Trial 1893 (upgrading an evasion Kila to Evasion Kila +1) and got the trial for a Jade Bauble (R/Ex). Then when I tried to access the trial requirements the thing crashed on me.

Edit: Nevermind, it seems the trials are somewhat random at the moment. Trial 2017 rewards a cabinet. Also, I can only get any kind of result if I do it through the "Review Current Trials" list.

[Septimus]

Okay.

Also, the Magian Trial thing on the test server appears to have had all the trial numbers shifted. I tried to access Trial 1893 (upgrading an evasion Kila to Evasion Kila +1) and got the trial for a Jade Bauble (R/Ex). Then when I tried to access the trial requirements the thing crashed on me.

Edit: Nevermind, it seems the trials are somewhat random at the moment. Trial 2017 rewards a cabinet. Also, I can only get any kind of result if I do it through the "Review Current Trials" list.

Wait, I actually had to track down Jade Bauble, that was an event item used to get the Holiday Trees back in the 2004 Starlight Celebration.

I think that they are just fucking with NAs right now when it comes to magian trials.

[Byrthnoth]

Haha, the whole thing is just putting out random items. They're often related to Magian Trials (3/5 of the trials I could access were augmented magian weapons), but sometimes they're random. They must have changed the way that magian trials are processed somehow, or possibly the numbering system.

They upped the merit point storage cap from 20 to 30.
HP cap increased from 12 to 15 (9>9>9)
STR cap increase from 8 to 12 (12>15>15>15)

Nothing else was changed for the merit system.

[InsaniacTHF]

Wait, I actually had to track down Jade Bauble, that was an event item used to get the Holiday Trees back in the 2004 Starlight Celebration.

I think that they are just fucking with NAs right now when it comes to magian trials.

The JP trials are messed up too it seems.

[Septimus]

Haha, the whole thing is just putting out random items. They're often related to Magian Trials (3/5 of the trials I could access were augmented magian weapons), but sometimes they're random. They must have changed the way that magian trials are processed somehow, or possibly the numbering system.

They upped the merit point storage cap from 20 to 30.
HP cap increased from 12 to 15 (9>9>9)
STR cap increase from 8 to 12 (12>15>15>15)

Nothing else was changed for the merit system.

And by "random items", you mean "".

[Strawhat]

you can only merit STR ? o.o

[Byrthnoth]

you can only merit STR ? o.o

I should have said HP/MP and Attributes, but really it should be STR and HP for a large majority of players these days. =p

[dasva]

Merit mp to activate that triple attack ring!!!

[Phraust]

Err.. they do what SE showed. They increased the number of chat lines that can be displayed from (10?) to 20 for people with higher resolutions.

They also (added?) a minimum number of lines displayed, but that's going to be kind of worthless until they decrease the minimum resize time. At the moment the resize time scale goes between about 3 and 30 seconds, which means that you're always at max window size if you're fighting one monster (you generate more than 1 line of text every 3 seconds just by autoattacking generally). They need to make .5/1/2 second settings before we'll be able to actually use the automatic resizing and minimum log size in a way that matters.

Was more interested in the "Width" slider they added, since that was the odd duck in the added features.
Does it actually shrink your chat window? Create a 'folding point' for word wrap, change font size?

[Atomic Skull]

Was more interested in the "Width" slider they added, since that was the odd duck in the added features.
Does it actually shrink your chat window? Create a 'folding point' for word wrap, change font size?

It does exactly what it says on the tin, It adjusts the width of the log window. All text displayed after resizing wraps to the current window size (previously displayed text will just be cut off). Window width is also proportional to resolution. i.e. setting the window to 50% the width of the screen remains 50% no matter what you change the resolution to afterwards.

[Khamsin]

So anyone able to confirm or refute or provide an alternative interpretation of the AF2+2 upgrade requirements? All we have at the moment is someone saying its 50 100-piece currencies, or exp in Dynamis, or both, and nobody else has checked. Not even just to say that the requirements are not released yet.

[Byrthnoth]

Gilgam has been reliable in the past, but he probably gets his sources from outside the game. It's impossible to check the status of AF2+2 upgrade quests at this time because the magian system is borked. They have a server message that says they've noticed.

[Spira]

Any idea how they're obtainable? Skill level?

i meant to say graphical dat placeholders, which will probably be swapped with the actual ones when they're ready.

as for skill/stats stuff, since Julian didn't get anything i'm assuming there was none there.

[Francisco]

I saw some stuff mentioned in this thread about "Nyzul 99". Is this in reference to new Nyzul floors, or the level 99 mythics?

[Byrthnoth]

New Nyzul Floors. They're revamping it in the coming year at some point. It seems to me that it may be where the new WSs are (speculation) but they haven't said.

[Francisco]

New Nyzul Floors. They're revamping it in the coming year at some point. It seems to me that it may be where the new WSs are (speculation) but they haven't said.

Oh, so in the .dats, just not playable? I was wondering why there was like zero information on this...

I actually don't recall Nyzul being on the roadmap... I though it was Last Stand/Dungeon Crawl this winter, and Limbus/Einherjar in the spring.